The Herald reports he's pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder, which means life without possibility of parole.
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Remorse?
By Kaz
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:48am
There's no death penalty to bargain against. He didn't plead out to second-degree which would give him the opportunity of parole. So what was in this for him other than not forcing his 5-year old to testify or making this go away quickly for his family (neither seem to be particularly motivating for someone who has been this abusive this long)?
good question but I doubt
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:58am
good question but I doubt remorse. glad hes gonna rot forever
At the risk of sounding glib ...
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:13am
Maybe he likes prison.
By "likes" I mean that maybe he feels properly structured and contained in prison. Maybe he realizes that he can't be trusted to live in the real world, and agrees that he should stay in a limited world.
Bingo
By bosguy22
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:15am
Probably both reasons. Even monsters are capable of feelings at times.
"Jekyll and Hyde"
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:38am
His alter ego may not be a doctor, but perhaps a self-aware monster? Maybe he doesn't trust himself in the outside world anymore.
Maybe Jerry finally pulled
By Rob Not Verified
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:52am
Maybe Jerry finally pulled the plug on paying his horrible son's legal fees. There was no chance Jared was gonna be acquitted on this. Also, perhaps they wanted to prevent the plaintiff's attorney in the likely civil suit to come from getting evidence from discovery dug up by the DA for free.
What would that matter?
By Kaz
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:27pm
Even if he had to obtain his own lawyer or accept a public defender, none of them would advocate he plead guilty to a life without parole sentence.
Also, your perhaps is absurd. Plead guilty to life behind bars to prevent the civil suit from having evidence? They now have evidence he's guilty because he said so! What other evidence do you think they need to prove the lower burden of a civil suit??
Just speculating, simma down.
By Rob Not Verified
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 2:02pm
Just speculating, simma down. No one hits all their shots. After thinking it over, your point is sound. Maybe he's finally owning up to what he did, I don't know. It's unusual.
What civil suit?
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 3:28pm
He PLED GUILTY to a criminal charge. As a result, he's going to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Any attorney gutsy enough to file a civil suit (translation = we want a undeserved lottery payout) should be immediately disbarred.
wut
By Rob Not Verified
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 4:32pm
wut
Wut again?
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 12:09am
Let's say someone burns down my house, is caught, tried, and convicted of arson in a criminal trial. You think that upon his conviction, suing him for the cost of rebuilding my house would be an "undeserved lottery payout?" and that any lawyer who took my case ought to be disbarred?
I think you need to explain yourself better, because that can't possibly be what you meant.
His comment
By anon²
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:05pm
during sentencing was something else, at least the little I heard on the news in the background while working.
Big dumb frak things he's getting the last laugh I suppose. Too dumb to realize he's not.
Finally
By plt3012
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:41am
I guess now we won't have to listen to reports of him assaulting an inmate and bragging about it or any other con related stuff. Next up: Aaron Hernandez. The families of the victims will have to live with and endure the horror these guys have inflicted upon them.
My question is why are these guys treated as 'special' by the local media. Face it. There not.
#YesAllWomen
By CocoEmmy
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:49am
Finally, a monster who reallizes he will never change.
Boston.com looks for emotion, loses lede?
By oddjob60
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:59am
The Herald says it loud and clear: "Remy Pleads Guilty." Boston.com? "Blame me..." with the actual NEWS in the subhead.
Silly me. I keep forgetting that boston.com isn't a news site anymore.
Jared Remy's Guilty Plea
By Rob Not Verified
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:04pm
Jared Remy's Guilty Plea Explained in 7 Graphs That Will Also Make You Nostalgic for the 90s
... and you won't believe
By Scratchie
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:48pm
... and you won't believe what happened next!
Missed opportunity
By Kaz
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:47pm
Learn which NESN Red Sox announcer's son just plead guilty to murder, the results might shock you!
Today's boston.com made me do something I swore I wouldn't
By Nancy
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 10:03pm
I begrudgingly signed up to go behind the pay wall and read bostonglobe.com.
Well done, Boston Globe. Well done indeed.
Sobered up?
By oddjob60
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:02pm
Back on topic, I'm not a doctor or anything close, but I can imagine that spending time clean and sober has helped clear Remy's head.
Done with roid rage
By Gary C
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:13pm
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Now that all those steroids are out of his body, he may have had a, "What the f**k did I do!" moment and decided to do the right thing.
And where does this leave the old man?
By Brian Riccio
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:14pm
I can't see John Henry allowing Jerry to continue in his job. Yes, we all know that Jerry didn't do it, but this type of publicity is the type Henry stays away from. In public, Jerry may have the team's support, but privately, I have a feeling Jerry will be convinced to step down and as he'll put it at the press conference "for the good of the franchise I love so much".
If Henry has let it go this
By Rob Not Verified
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:19pm
If Henry has let it go this far, and now the case is "over" in the sense it'll fall out of the news, why would now be the time Jerry steps away?
On the contrary
By oddjob60
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 12:21pm
The guilty plea and sentencing are now done. Instead of there being a protracted trial, the case will move out of the limelight much more quickly; in a few months Jared Remy will be a distant memory to 99% of the people who watch Sox games. Seems like a situation much more amenable to Jerry's presence becoming less awkward than it is now.
Seems
By anon²
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:06pm
The house is now in order. I don't see it happening.
Doubtful
By Kaz
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:24pm
And I hope he doesn't leave until he's ready to retire. It's already questionable when people get fired because of something they said or did completely in a non-work capacity. We're going to start stringing people up for something their adult son or daughter did? That's going to be a lot of stones we're casting about. Where does it end?
Oh ___ him
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 2:46pm
His broadcasting skills are in steady decline as pimping of ridiculous marketing gimmicks has risen and more to the point, he repeatedly spent money on lawyers to keep his scumbag son out of jail until a woman was murdered. I hope the Martell family wins a huge settlement against the Remys and he leaves the broadcast booth. Remy knew this kid was a dangerous piece of garbage and worked hard to keep him free anyways.
How?
By bosguy22
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 3:56pm
Would the Remy family be liable for anything their son did? Did Ron Goldman sue OJ Simpson's parents?
Not a lawyer
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 9:00pm
You may well be right, but Remy was far, far more active in keeping his kid out of jail and free to commit more crimes than OJ Simpson's parents.
Evidence?
By bosguy22
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 8:51am
That's the hot rumor, but as far as what has actually been proven, Remy provided money for legal representation. Not exactly bribing judges and blackmailing DA's.
There there, grumpy
By Wiffleball
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 7:25pm
I know someone who needs a Wally Wave™!
Wut?
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 12:13am
When you change ad agencies, are you "stringing up" the old ad agency?
When you change the gas station at which you buy fuel for your car, are you "stringing up" the old gas station owner?
Why would it constitute "stringing up" Jerry Remy for the Red Sox organization to decide that a different public face would improve their business?
Really now
By Kaz
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 1:15am
Ignoring the why doesn't make it go away.
REMY
By grover
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 1:09pm
It is very unusual for a defendant to plead to a 1st degree indictment. So when I heard this I felt that the man is facing up to what he did. Then on the way out the door he blames the victim. He isn't going to last long in the institution.
He will last a long time.
By mdecast
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 2:30pm
He will last a long time, actually a lifetime. Nobody in prison accepts responsibility for their actions. Only time they do is when then accept responsibility for a lesser sentence.
Jared is just like any other con. A victim in their own eyes.
Whaaat?
By Kaz
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 3:08pm
Recidivism. Look it up.
I know recidivism, I work in
By mdecast
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 7:47pm
I know recidivism, I work in a prison.
He'll get shanked
By anon
Tue, 05/27/2014 - 8:35pm
He's too egotistical to keep a low profile.
Women-abusers are low on the totem pole.
Someone will want to make a name for themselves.
I see hard time for this guy, and it couldn't happen to a nicer one.
Without out knowing all of the facts, yet, also being aware,
By mplo
Wed, 05/28/2014 - 12:41pm
It sounds as if he deserves some hard, long time in the slammer.
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